Qmuzik Project Management
Multi-phase project delivery, connected to the whole business
Key benefits
- Real-time budget vs. actual across every level of the WBS
- Automated workflow for requisitions, timesheets, commitments and expense authorisation
- Two-way integration with Microsoft Project for planning and reporting
- Project-pegged MRP through the whole supply chain
- Engineering releases controlled and authorised via workflow
- One place for every project document — contracts, specs and site installation instructions
One workbench for the whole project
QPM is not a bolt-on planner. It is the Project Management module of Qmuzik Enterprise, running natively against the same finance, procurement, engineering, production and inventory data as everything else on the platform.
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Integrated workbench
Plan, execute and report in one place
Real-time
Actual vs. budget at every WBS level
Unlimited
Levels in the work breakdown structure
Two-way
Microsoft Project integration
The Project Management Workbench
A live view of every project — multi-level, user-customisable and refreshed the moment a requisition is approved, a purchase order is committed, or a timesheet is booked. From the workbench you drill straight to detailed journal entries for material and labour expenses and to the source documents that produced them, so a variance conversation ends with the answer, not with an action to go and find it.
Talk to usQPM Core Capabilities
Every feature listed here is native to the Qmuzik Enterprise Project Management module. There is no separate integration layer.
Project Management Workbench
Real-time, multi-level visibility of budget and schedule status, with user-customisable views and drill-down to detailed journal entries for material and labour expenses and source documents.
Complex Project Support
Flexible work breakdown structures with unlimited levels and highly scalable options for budget checking, authorisation limits, delegation and labour collection.
Requisitions, Timesheets & Commitments
Electronic requisition, timesheet and commitment approval workflow, fully integrated with materials management, purchasing, production and service operations.
Engineering Release Management
Workflow-based approval and communication for managing engineering releases — with the Engineering model fully interfaced to budget, control and authorise engineering expenses.
Project MRP
The WBS is mapped into the engineering hardware structure so MRP suggests the applicable WBS element for every planned replenishment across purchasing and manufacturing.
Microsoft Project Integration
Optional two-way integration with Microsoft Project for planning, quoting and reporting — keep the plan where the project managers already live.
Project Document Management
Manage and distribute contracts, customer specifications and site installation instructions from within the project itself.
Actual-to-Budget Analysis
Continuous comparison of actual expenditure to budget at every WBS level — no month-end surprises.
Exception Alert Notifications
Automatic alerts when budgets, schedules or commitments breach configured thresholds — so nothing slips silently.
How QPM delivers a project
A single flow across every module, from plan to close.
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Plan
Build the WBS, set budgets, plan resources — with the option to plan in Microsoft Project and round-trip into QPM.
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Release
Engineering releases flow through workflow-based approval; contracts and specifications are activated.
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Commit
Requisitions, purchase orders, timesheets and expense authorisations move through electronic approval — every commitment pegged to the project.
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Execute
Procurement, production and field service run against pegged demand; inventory movements land against the right project bucket.
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Track
Actual-to-budget is live at every WBS level, exception alerts fire on breach, and every source document is one click away.
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Close
Final journals post, project stock is reconciled, and the whole project history is preserved for audit and lessons-learned.
Project pegging across the whole supply chain
The project WBS is mapped directly into the engineering hardware structure, so MRP knows which WBS element to peg every planned replenishment against. That peg travels with the requirement through purchasing and manufacturing at every level of the BOM — special requirements and project priorities remain visible at every step, not just at the plan.
Where QPM connects
QPM is native to Qmuzik Enterprise, so every other module reflects the project view — click through to explore each connection.
Financial Management
Every project commitment and expense posts real-time journals into the ledger — actual-to-budget stays honest.
Procurement Management
Purchase orders are pegged to the project WBS at commitment, so procurement spend never floats free of a project.
Requisitions
Requisitions flow through the same approval workflow as the rest of the business, with authorisation limits per project.
Engineering & Product Data
The engineering hardware structure links directly to the project WBS, so engineering changes reflect in the project view.
Material Requirements Planning
MRP suggests the applicable project WBS element for every planned replenishment; project pegging survives the netting.
Production Management
Production work orders inherit the project peg, so shop-floor labour and burden report back into the right project bucket.
Inventory Management
Project stock is tracked distinctly through the same warehouse — no shadow inventories, no duplicated counts.
Where QPM delivers value
QPM is used where projects are complex, long-running and demand tight cost, resource and engineering control.
Common questions about Qmuzik Project Management
How is QPM different from the Project Management module in Qmuzik Enterprise?
QPM is the same functionality — offered as a vertical product for organisations whose primary need is project control. When you also need finance, procurement, production, engineering and inventory on one platform, QPM is available as a module of Qmuzik Enterprise; the underlying capability is identical.
Does QPM support work breakdown structures?
Yes. QPM supports flexible WBS with unlimited levels and highly scalable options for budget checking, authorisation limits, delegation and labour collection.
Can QPM integrate with Microsoft Project?
Yes. QPM offers two-way integration with Microsoft Project for planning, quoting and reporting, while retaining contract management, project budgeting, commitment accounting, expenditure authorisation, date constraints and full resource planning on the Qmuzik side.
How does QPM handle engineering releases?
Engineering releases are managed through workflow-based approval and communication. The engineering model fully interfaces with QPM to budget, control and authorise engineering expenses, and to enforce time constraints for WBS activities.
What is project pegging?
Project pegging is the link between a demand (a requisition, purchase order, work order or reservation) and a specific element of the project WBS. QPM preserves that peg all the way through MRP, purchasing and manufacturing, so a project is never accidentally funded by another project's stock.
Can QPM manage project documents like contracts and specs?
Yes. Contracts, customer specifications and site installation instructions can all be managed and distributed from within the project itself.
Deliver your next project with QPM
Book a walkthrough with our team. We will run through your current project control setup — the plan, the spreadsheets, the emails — and show what QPM would do with it.
No obligation — we will walk through your needs, free of charge.